BEING A GOOD PSYCHIATRIST – What I Was Taught As clinicians we are the ones responsible for whether people “get better” or not Relieving people of their voices, unusual beliefs, anxiety, and depression is the core of good clinical care and Good clinical care is the core of what it takes to foster recovery from severe mental illness

The “Patient” Over Outcome The “Zone of Delusion”

FROM DEFINED ROLES FOR DOCTOR AND PATIENT Power imbalance Clinician responsibility “What’s the matter with you” Compliance Constraint

TO A FOCUS ON BUILDING TRUST AND PARTNERSHIP Partnership Shared responsibility Health Behaviour “What matters to you” Liberation

MOVING FROM “WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH YOU” MEDICINE TO “WHAT MATTERS TO YOU”: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN PHILOSOPHY OF CARE.

TO UNDERSTANDING ASPIRATIONS The Long Beach experience

THE POWER OF CONNECTION The Hawkes Bay Experience - WIT